Used
October 21st 2008 07:55
The phrase 'used tape drives' meant nothing to me when I first saw it today. Being a person who'd grown up when tape decks and cassette players were the norm, I immediately associated the phrase with such antiques, but of course it means backup tapes for computers. And presumably these drives don't use used tapes (ones someone else has discarded). The 'used' relates to the drives, rather than the tapes. Such is the English language, that you can mistake the meaning when it's out of context.
And talking of odd phrases, over on my other blog, on Blogger.com, the phrase 'athlete's hand' leads more people to my site than any other phrase. (I can't see 'used tape drives' cutting it quite so much, for instance.)
People seem to be forever checking out whether there's such a thing as athlete's hand - as connected to the idea of 'athlete's foot'. Whether they're asking about the possibility of getting your hand infected by that scungy stuff that grows between your toes, or whether they are checking out the state of athlete's hands, I never quite discover. Anyway, having written a short and humorous post on the subject a couple of years ago, I still come up in the search results constantly.
And talking of odd phrases, over on my other blog, on Blogger.com, the phrase 'athlete's hand' leads more people to my site than any other phrase. (I can't see 'used tape drives' cutting it quite so much, for instance.)
People seem to be forever checking out whether there's such a thing as athlete's hand - as connected to the idea of 'athlete's foot'. Whether they're asking about the possibility of getting your hand infected by that scungy stuff that grows between your toes, or whether they are checking out the state of athlete's hands, I never quite discover. Anyway, having written a short and humorous post on the subject a couple of years ago, I still come up in the search results constantly.
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